variation vs idea

idea vs variation

variation and idea both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
variation	Yes	No	No	No
idea	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, idea is a hypernym of variation; that is, idea is a word with a broader meaning than variation:

variation: a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
idea: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition

Other hypernyms of variation include melodic theme, musical theme, theme.

variation (noun)	idea (noun)
an activity that varies from a norm or standard	the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard	your intention; what you intend to do
(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure	an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard	a personal view
something a little different from others of the same type	(music) melodic subject of a musical composition
a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
(astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
the process of varying or being varied
the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north

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